Wondering where I'll let life take me.

PHILOSOPHY

Tends to change with the seasons.

Trying to stay sharp. Being nice. Being all I can be and .... that

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If I have the time and chance I'll host people who take the time to read my short profile and still would want to meet me. Copy/Paste is fine, but I like to feel special, so let me know why you want to crash at my place and not my neighbours.

Hope to surf some couches myself as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Crashed a few beds here and there and had people staying here. So far only good ones through this Forum.

Hope the people have enjoyed having me. I sure appreciate their hospitality.

Interests

Photography: www.larsbrund.com

Architecture, books, art, people, social and historical circumstances, psychology, options, potentials and limits, personal and collective.

Music (from oldies to avantgarde/contemporary exp. rock), reading (from poetry to history, philosophy, society and culture (including soccer/football)

Getting out, Trying to figure out, staying in, delving in, meeting people.

A special interest in Germany. Ja, wir können uns auf Deutsch unterhalten.

+Eastern/Central European culture and politics. I am and will be delving deeper into them in the coming years. I've travelled Balkan and the eastern parts of Europe the last couple of years and will continue to do so in the future I'm sure.

Always hope to learn more/unlearn where and when that's needed.

• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• architecture
• photography
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• soccer
• history
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

See above.
Some examples

Music: For an example Ariel Pink, Ames Dunes, Iris Dement, Texas Tornados, Oren Ambarchi, Carla Thomas, Grace Jones. As you can sense: From Tex-mex and oldies to exp. music.

Movie: Leviathan, Manuscripts don't burn, Toni Erdmann to name a few more recent ones. Other than that: Scola, Godard, Resnais and you probably know..And the Bourne Trilogy which I gladly analyze and theoritize over.

Book: Pentti Saarikoski. A semi-known Finnish author (outside Finland anyway), who talks about the minor and major things in life, variying complex litterary exurcions with details from everyday life that some would refer to as banal. Günter Walraff!
Others: Danish poet Inger Christensen, Cees Noteboom, Christoph Hein, Claudio Magris, Michel Butor, Jennifer Egan, Geert Mak, Jorge Borges, Jan-Werner Müller, Cesar Aira, James Joyce. Peter Mair, Jacques Ranciere, Anthony Beevor.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Driving through Europe playing music in the streets with friends.
-Saying something nice that mattered to someone once.

San Juan de Chamula in Chiapas/Mexico stands as a particular souvenier/memory travelling-wise.

Travelling through 14 countries in and just outside Europe.

Teach, Learn, Share

People like me but different. People different from me but somehow alike. Real strangers that light up something familiar or unfamiliar in me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, cooking attempts, music, political discussion, beers and good alcohol.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Germany, Spain, United States

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